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Man jailed after being found guilty of raping child
Daniel Bee, 31, of no fixed address, was described as 'warped' by the judge who sentenced him.
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Man jailed for raping woman
Ryan Kerr, from Wells, has been jailed for the incident which took place in 2023.
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CCTV appeal after burglary in Somerset
A mobile phone and a bank card, which was later used to make purchases, were stolen from a property in Pensford, near Bristol, last month.
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‘Persistent’ offender jailed for theft and court order breaches
Rosa Kovacs, 61, from Pountney Drive, Easton, was sentenced to an immediate custodial term at Bristol Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (10 March).
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Man arrested in Bristol protest hate crime investigation
A 26-year-old man has been arrested as part of the police investigation into a hate crime incident at the protest in Bristol last weekend.
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Man jailed for possession of half a million indecent images of children
Martin Schwarz, of Weston-super-Mare, was sentenced to three years and four months in prison.
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Man jailed for 27 years for non-recent child sex offences
Philip Garrett, 70, of Berrow, near Burnham-on-Sea, was sentenced at Taunton Crown Court to a total of 19 offences on Thursday 5 March.
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Investigation underway following Saturday’s protest
Enquiries are ongoing after the video was shared to social media earlier this week.
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Man charged with eight offences following series of incidents
Leslie Roper, 46, of no fixed abode, Glastonbury, will return to Taunton Magistrates’ Court on Friday 17 April.
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Sex offender jailed for asking children sexually explicit question
David Blackwood, 58, of Trinity Road, Combe Down, pleaded guilty to the offences and is now in prison.
In Court 11 March 2026